Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 03 2009:
In response to the call of the Joint Action Committee Against the Killing of Kasom Khullen SDO Dr Thingnam Kishan and his two sub-ordinate staff, Government employees in the State would be taking a mass casual leave tomorrow.
Issuing a statement in this connection, the secretary (administration) of Joint Administrative Council (JAC) of All Manipur Trade Unions' Council (AMTUC) and All Manipur Government Employees' Organisation (AMGEO) W Inaomacha Singh appealed to all the Government employees to take mass casual leave tomorrow.
Ukhrul correspondent adds: In continued protest and condemnation over the gruesome killing of Kasom Khullen SDO Dr Thingnam Kishan and his two sub-ordinate staff namely Y Token and A Rajen, the Ukhrul branch of the Joint Administrative Council (JAC) of AMTUC and AMGEO has called for mass casual leave of the Government employees in the district tomorrow.
Talking to The Sangai Express in this connection, secretary of JAC Ukhrul Branch Samsom Kasar explained that the call for mass casual leave of the Government employees in the district has been issued as part of the public demand for awarding befitting punishment to the killers of Dr Kishan and his two sub-ordinate staff.
Kasar further said that the State Government should take up the issue seriously and take up necessary steps so as to avoid recurrence of such gruesome killings in the future.
Exerting pressure on the State Govt to book the killers and deliver justice at the soonest possible, Kasar also called upon all the individuals and civil organsiations to join hands to bring about an end to such barbaric killings in the society.